Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Cinematography
Gordon Willis shoots NYC like a cathedral of longing.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it could cut through Bergman.
Score
Rhapsody in Blue: because subtlety is for cowards.
Director
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Isaac Davis
Diane Keaton
Mary Wilkie
Michael Murphy
Yale
Mariel Hemingway
Tracy
Meryl Streep
Jill
Anne Byrne Hoffman
Emily
Karen Ludwig
Connie
Michael O'Donoghue
Dennis
Gary Weis
Television Director
Kenny Vance
Television Producer
Tisa Farrow
Party Guest
Wallace Shawn
Jeremiah
Helen Hanft
Party Guest
Bella Abzug
Guest of Honor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Woody Allen was so unhappy with the film he offered to direct another for free if United Artists shelved it. They refused.
The black-and-white was Allen's tribute to his idol Ingmar Bergman, but cinematographer Gordon Willis fought him—then created one of cinema's most gorgeous urban portraits anyway.
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